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metacritique

metacritique noun: a critique of a critique.

Noun

metacritique (plural metacritiques)

  1. A critique of a critique.
    • Ecocriticism […] has largely avoided self-awareness, self-reflexivity, and metacritique.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 26

Forms of metacritique

pluralmetacritiques

Origin of metacritique

From meta- + critique.

Questions about metacritique

What does metacritique mean?
Metacritique means a critique of a critique.
What part of speech is metacritique?
Metacritique is a noun.
What is the plural of metacritique?
The plural of metacritique is metacritiques.

Words near metacritique in the dictionary

  1. metacriteria
  2. metacriterion
  3. metacritical
  4. metacriticism
  5. metacriticisms
  6. metacritique
  7. metacritiques
  8. metacrolein
  9. metacromia
  10. metacromial
  11. metacromion

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